Sooo…

It’s been awhile. Most of it has to do with my internet connection – or lack there of. I was able to pick up a free signal…if I stood out on my porch and the wind was right. So while I was able to check my email & such, it made blogging a bit more of a pain. And really, I didn’t have much to blog about. Oh I have been knitting – just not finishing a darn thing. So really, even if I did bring my computer to the coffeeshop to sit down and write, I didn’t really have much to say.

And really at this moment, I still don’t. I finally have a internet connection I can actually use in the house but I feel at a loss. You’d think, with no job & not much of a social life, I would have multitudes of FOs to show off. Wrong. I have none. Part of it is the fact it’s been absolutly beautiful and I’ve been trying to take care of the yard.

pretty picture of the tree in my front yard

The yard has taken up a lot of my time – with the exception of a couple of trips CoffeeBoy & I took out here, it hasn’t been cared for in over a year. Not to mention, this is the first time I’ve lived alone in a house with a yard to keep up with. So it’s been quite an experience.

Another factor is general restlessness. I knit for a bit, then I have to get up & do something else. I don’t know if it’s the projects I’m working on, or what. Maybe I need an instrant gratification project or something.

I did finish a sock.

Groovin' sock

But instead of casting on for its mate like I normally do, I co for a pair of socks for CoffeeBoy.

Mostly because I’m doing quite a bit of reading and it’s so much easier to work on the borring stockinette while reading than trying to mess with a pattern.

The yarn is the newest in the Bare line at KnitPicks – the Superwash Merino/Alpaca blend and it is as lovevly as it sounds. My worry is CB washing & drying them – though they are superwash, I worry about his tendency to just throw everything in the dryer – he did that with the first pair of socks I made him & he thinks they shrunk up a little. Sigh. Good thing I love him.

I’ve been making some inroads on setting up the house…to the surprise of no one, I had to get my yarn out in the open right away.

that's most of my yarn...though there are some storage bins stacked underneath.

It just made me happy to have it all out. I put the shelves up myself – my father would have been so proud (he was a woodworking guy – I still have much of the furniture he made me). Between the yard & shelving I’ve been putting up, Home Depot has become my best friend. It’s also right next to my gym – where I’m pleased to say I’ve been making a concious effort to go at least 5 times a week.

So that’s a brief update of what’s been going on – hopefully now with much easier internet access, I will be around more. To end, here’s another pretty flower from my yard